Myeongkyu Lee 

Education

Ph.D. Industrial Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, US 2023 - 2027 (expected)
Advisor: Dr. Brandon J. Pitts

M.S. Automobile & IT convergence, Kookmin University, Seoul, Korea 2021 - 2023
Graduated 1st in class (out of 36)
Advisor: Dr. Ji Hyun Yang

B.S. Automotive Engineering, Kookmin University, Seoul, Korea 2015 - 2021
Graduated 1st in class (out of 166)

Research Interests

I am mostly focused on human drivers' attitude, behavior, and cognition in autonomous vehicles domain. 

Keywords include:
Human factors, cognitive engineering, human-automation interaction, human-vehicle interaction, autonomous driving, automated vehicles, real-time driver modeling (behavior, cognition, intention, trust), machine learning and deep learning application in human factors, real-time driver assessment/assistance, multimodal interfaces, eye-tracking, physiological data (heart rate and galvanic skin response)

News (selected)

• 2026/1: Lee's first-authored paper has been accepted in Accident Analysis and Prevention!

• 2026/1: Lee's first-authored paper has been accepted in Journal of Cognitive Engineering and Decision-Making!

• 2025/11: Lee's first-authored paper has been accepted in Safety Science!

• 2025/10: Purdue HFES chapter (Lee: co-president) has been awarded Gold Student Chapter at Human Factors and Ergonomics Society! 

• 2025/10: Lee has been nominated as an iHFE scholar at Human Factors and Ergonomics Society! (with a scholarship).

• 2025/10: Lee served as a session co-chair at  Human Factors and Ergonomics Society! 

• 2025/9: Lee gave an invited talk at Purdue IEGSO (Industrial Engineering Graduate Student Organization) Seminar!

• 2025/8: Lee was elected as a co-President at Human Factors and Ergonomics Society at Purdue University Student chapter!

• 2025/6: Lee gave an invited talk at Purdue IE - Summer Seminar!

• 2025/4: Lee served as a student volunteer at HFES midwest regional meeting!

• 2024/12: Lee gave an invited talk at Kookmin University!

• 2024/9: Lee received two best paper awards at Human Factors and Ergonomics Society!

• 2024/9: Lee received a Travel Grant from Human Factors and Ergonomics Society!

• 2023/8: Lee joined the NHanCE lab at Edwardson School of Engineering at Purdue University!

• 2023/2: Lee gave a short valedictorian speech at graduation ceremony at Kookmin University!

• 2023/2: Lee graduated first in his class (36 students) from Kookmin University!

• 2023/2: Lee gave an invited talk at Kookmin University!

• 2021/2: Lee graduated first in his class (166 students, GPA: 4.41/4.50 (converted: 3.98/4.00)) with his Bachelor's degree from Kookmin University!